Weekend roundup...

I'm sitting here trying to keep my eyes open.

It's almost home time, but I had to get myself a coffee because I'm
not sure that I'm going to make it!

Got to work after 9am today.
Couldn't get out of bed and staying there for a cuddle session instead
seemed like a nice idea.

Went out for a friend's 26th birthday on Friday night.
Didn't get home until 4am and drunk waaay too much (vodka tonics with
lime are my new thing – not too sweet like cranberry). Started the
night drinking in Surrey Hills and ended up dancing in Kings Cross
(with a glass of wine – I need the wine to dance).

One of the guys there annoyed the crap out of me! I didn't have a
great impression of him to begin with because I knew he'd been
cheating on his girlfriend for ages. But I met his girlfriend on
Friday and she's lovely – a really sweet girl. And he was a total
tosser – to begin with, he made a rude comment to every prostitute we
walked past on Darlinghurst Rd – I can't stand that kind of behaviour.
Then he was giving directions to Hubby in our car – basically saying
the opposite of everything I'd say – even though I've lived here all
my life and he's Scottish. Anyway, it went on and on. But apart from
that I had a great night – I got to dance for hours and I haven't done
that in ages.

My poor feets still hurty!

Planting 90 bulbs in the front garden with a hangover on Saturday was
a new experience for me. It was quite back-breaking to get them all
in, so they'd better push up and flower in Spring!

My cousin's 21st birthday party on Saturday night was fun. Except his
long term girlfriend, who I've only met once before, is a total skank.
They've lived together for about three years and she organised the
party. She wanted to pay for it using my cousin's Christmas bonus
money, but his mother (my aunt) told her that wasn't appropriate (how
rude to want to use someone's money to pay for their own party)! So
she asked my aunt and my cousin's boss to fund the night. She didn't
contribute a cent. My aunt isn't that well off and I really don't get
how she managed to get his boss to pay. She didn't even invite his
family to the party but called my aunt on the day of the event to ask
her to decorate the function room and buy a cake. My aunt's arm is in
a sling – she had an accident recently – so we had to end up helping
out. Then his girlfriend gets up to do her speech and says – quite
seriously "Thanks for coming, firstly, I'd just like to thank myself
because I did a lot of work to organise this party."
Who says that?!
Besides, all she did was invite people via SMS and get other people to
pay for it.
Anyways. I can't say that he could do better – he's a bit of a dodgy
bogan himself.

On Sunday, we did the Great Fridge Swap.
When we bought the house, the space for the fridge in the kitchen was
smaller than our fridge. Luckily my brother bought a fridge last year
that was narrower. Yesterday we got around to swapping them over. We
hired a ute. It wasn't an easy task considering my brother lives up
four flights of stairs and fridges are heavy, delicate things, but we
got there.

And yay – for Big Brother is back on. I'm kinda annoyed that the
conservative element has kicked in and the last night uncut version
has been abolished. I'm also perplexed as to how this group could be
described as being from all walks of life when they're all young and
mostly blonde. Last night's launch wasn't that great either, but I
love Jamie so far – the self-described nerd. He's gorgeous.

Meanwhile, I haven't got anything done for the conference – must get
the abstract written!
I attempted to write a short bio as well because I'm an invited
speaker - and I just can't do it – it's so wanky to brag about onself
in the third person!
"Jezzy was awarded a thingy for such and such has published and
presented her research internationally and has blah, blah, blah."

Anyone have experience writing these things without sounding stupid?